Horseshoe.



|. D. EWER.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30. I913.

Patented Apr. 25,1916.

it'll l i ii HORSESHOE.

Applicationfi-led- October 30, 1913;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC D. EWER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hilton, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art vention has reference,more particularly, to

a light, strong and eflicient construction of horse-shoewhich is adaptedfor use upon racing, trotting and carriage horses.

The present invention has for'its principal object to provide alight butstrong steel horseshoe, the same being constructed in such a manner thatdirt, stones, snow, ice and the like cannot ball or pack on the bottomof the horses hoof, or around the shoe; and, furthermore, the same beingso constructed as to prevent the backward fling of dirt, gravel and thelike when the horse is traveling at high speeds.

A further object of the present invention is to provide in connectionwith a horseshoe of the character above mentioned, a novel constructionand arrangement of calks whereby slipping of the horse upon smoothpavements, or icy driveways is prevented.

Other objects of this invention, not at this time more particularlyenumerated, will be clearly understood from the following detaileddescription of the present invention.

With the various objects ofthe present invention in view the sameconsists, primarily, in the novel construction of horse-shoe hereinafterset forth; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the novelarrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as wellas in the details of the construction thereof, all of which will behereinafter more fully described, and then finally embodied in theclause of the claim which is appended to and which forms an essentialpart of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l is a top face view of the novel horse-shoe; Fig. 2 is abottom face view of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

SerialNo: 798,185.

thesame; Fig.3 is a side edge view or elevation of the same; Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section of the same taken on line H in said Fig. 1 and Fig.5 is a transverse section of the same taken on line 5-5 in said Fig. 1,looking in the direction of the arrow as, the three last described viewsbeing drawn onan enlarged scale.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several drawings the reference character 1indicates the complete horseshoe, made according to and embodying theprinciples of the present invention, the same comprising a mainhorse-shoe shaped body having a fiat top" side 2. The underside orbottom of said main body is beveled or inclined upwardly from the outercircumferential edge to the inner circumferential edge of the same, thusproviding a fiat inclined surface 3, which provides sharp tapered edges4 and 5 at the respective inner and outer'circu-inferential edges ofsaid main body, thus eliminating flat bearing-surfaces at the toe andaround the greater portion of the main body of the shoe. This flatinclined surface 3 meets the hoof in such a manner as to eliminate sharpangles and concaved surfaces in which dirt, stones, snow or ice canaccumulate and ball or pack; and, furthermore, this constructionprovides a surface from which the dirt, gravel, snow, etc., slips easilyaway from the shoe, without any backward fling whereby such material isthrown upward into the face of the driver of the horse.

The extreme ends of the heel-points 6 of the main-body are provided ontheir under side with fiat-bearing portions or surfaces 7, the sameserving to reinforce and straighten the shoe at the heel-points 6 byconsequence of the thickening of the metal at that point to provide saidfiat-bearing surface.

The reference character 8 indicates a toecalk which extends transverselyalong the under side of said main-body, at the toe thereof. The saidtoe-calk 8 is of tapering construction and is preferably slightlyinclined or curved rearwardly, as shown.

The reference character 9 indicates heelcalks which project from theflat-bearing portions or surfaces 7 at each heel-point 6. Theseheel-calks are of tapered construction providing a sharp edge at theirfree ends, and the same are set at an angle or inclination, in such amanner as to flare or incline from end to end toward the outercircumferential edge 5 of said main-body. The.

said toe-calk and heel-calks provide a properly disposed means on thebottom of the shoe, for firmly gripping the surface upon which the horsetreads, and rendering secure the footing of the horse. Arranged in saidinclined or concave surface 3 of the bottom of the shoe, and adjacent toits outer circumferential edge 5, and extending between the toe-calk 8and heel-calk 9, on each side of the shoe, are channeled grooves orcreases 10, from the bottom of Which extend upwardly throughsaid mainbody of the shoe the nailholes 11, through which are passed thehorseshoe nails for securing the shoe to the horse's hoof. Saidchanneled grooves or creases 10 serve to receive the heads of said nailsso that thesame are countersunk therein, and do not project beyond thesaid inclined surface 3.

It will be understood that in my novel construction of horse-shoe Iobviate the flatrim or fall at the outer marginal edge of th .shoe, andconsequently all flat surfaces at the bottom of the shoe, and all angleswhich will hold dirt or the like, and cause i the same to ball or packin the underside of the horses hoof. At the same time my novelconstruction of horse-shoe provides the maxsurface extending upwardlyfrom the outer circumferential edge to the inner circumferential edge,said inclined surface meeting the upper and outer surfaces of the bodysharply at acute angles to provide sharp outer and sharp inner marginaledges to eliminate points of purchase for snow, dirt,

and the like whereby the same would be permitted to pack in the openinner space of the body and beneath the hoof, and calks projecting fromthe under surface of said body comprising a laterally extendingtoe-call: having a rearward inclination or pitch, flat heel surfaces atthe rear extremities of said shoe, and obliquely set heel-calks havingan inward inclination or pitch projecting from said flat heel surfaces.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this twenty fifth day of October 1913.

ISAAC D. EIVER.

itnesses ADoLrrr DOCTOR, HoLcoMBn Roonnoon.

copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Iatents,

, Washington, D. 0.

